Palacio de Monsalud 2001
Monday, February 4th, 2008I found Palacio de Monsalud at the Sunday Times Wine Club.
It is inexpensive (£7.42 per bottle) and I think it arrived in one of those bin end cases that always looks great value but invariably disappoints on balance. The smell on opening was prunes. A heavy thick set wine that reminded me of Port, despite only 13% alcohol. Some spice in the form of French mustard may have been false interest introduced only by the smear of Dijon mustard on my pork sandwich.
At first I assumed the wine was spoiled but as it developed I think it just tastes crap as a matter of course.
I suppose, not surprisingly for a wine that smells of Port, it went better with cheese than anything else.
But I thought that Spanish wines were supposed to be great wines at great value to us Brits. There was nothing here to inspire me to write anything interesting or informative….sorry.
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